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Calder's often copied but rarely equalled constructions have been likened to carefully balanced machinery. His engineering background is certainly evident in the precision he gives to the execution of his work and the mathematical balance applied to composition. Furthermore, the materials he uses, wire and sheet steel, are products...

Author: By Lowell J. Rubin, | Title: Alexander Calder | 5/19/1955 | See Source »

"The President said he had been very much struck by the extent of German destruction in the Crimea, and therefore he was more bloodthirsty in regard to the Germans than he had been a year ago. And he hoped that Marshal Stalin would again propose a toast to the execution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Yalta Story: UNGUARDED MOMENTS | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

In Germany it was the jolly talk of a Big Three toast to the execution of 50,000 German officers that caught most eyes. But most Germans needed no further evidence of the wartime hatred of themselves among the Allies, and some even conceded, as did Bonn's General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COLD WAR: Reaction to Yalta | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

In a perilous period of history, he Department's action has cast serious doubt on the United States' ability to conduct its foreign relations with maturity and rationality. Publication of the Yalta documents at this time was had in motive, in execution, in implications, and above all, in principle. The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Dulles Goes to Yalta | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

The new "short form" will soon go out to WHO representatives in Africa, Asia and Latin America. As the doctors wound up their conference last week, Denmark's H. C. Gram thanked their Paris hosts in a speech based on the old, long list: Paris, he said, "saved us...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Short Form | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

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